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The 40th Anniversary
Golde & Ted circa 1980 It was forty years ago yesterday that Ted died at Billings Hospital on the University of Chicago campus. Here's an...

Jim Knoedel
6 days ago3 min read


The Book on Ted Haydon is Out!
I’ve interviewed over one hundred people for this book and would have spoken with more if I could have located them, the twenty-year-olds...

Jim Knoedel
Jan 72 min read


Ted Haydon's oils
View from Cable Lake Scenes near Cable Lake Bar scene at Club Innuendo Gray's Gin Grand piano 7227 S. Coles

Jim Knoedel
Dec 10, 20241 min read


A Golden Era - A Tale of Two Runners
The first of two in "A Tale of Two Runners" series, this novel follows the prep careers of a father and his son competing in different...

Jim Knoedel
Nov 1, 20241 min read


Triump & Tragedy - Chapter 2
Steve Skogstad pushed open the gymnasium door like he was deflecting a tackler on the gridiron, talking animatedly about the Bear’s...

Jim Knoedel
Sep 2, 20248 min read


Chapter 1
I slipped in through the back door and hung up my coat, jamming the medallion into my pants pocket as I opened the refrigerator,...

Jim Knoedel
Aug 25, 20246 min read
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